Methodological issues in identifying and describing the way knowledge is constructed with and without information and communications technology

This paper explores the reasoning and use of information and communications technology (ICT) in lifelong learning by immigrant women. Data were collected from semi-structured and unstructured interviews. The study was carried out primarily in a school environment, which also makes it possible to draw conclusions about the connection between learning in and outside school environments. Most participants experienced major differences in the use of and access to ICT after moving to their new country. Most women use and access ICT, even if not of their own volition. Providing a summary of some of the benefits and barriers that emerged, our study has shown that it is important to distinguish the way someone reasons about ICT and their actual use of it. No account was taken of cultural differences between the participants’ countries of origin. This study made it possible for the immigrant women to voice their experiences, knowledge, and feelings about their situations in school and in everyday life.

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Digital Reading

Information Resources Management Journal ◽

10.4018/irmj.2014070101 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

José Antonio Cordón-García ◽

Raquel Gómez-Díaz ◽

Julio Alonso-Arévalo ◽

Nora Kaplan

Keyword(s):

Information And Communications Technology ◽

Communications Technology ◽

Digital Environment ◽

Digital Reading ◽

Amount Of Information ◽

The Way

Information and communications technology is bringing about significant changes not only in the amount of information and documents available but also in the agents that produce them and in the way they are organised, managed and consumed. The various Unesco programmes, the ministerial resolutions and the initiatives introduced by different countries reflect the need to and the difficulty of preserving documents in the digital environment, where it is necessary to achieve a balance between the need to preserve everything and the possibility of implementing the necessary safeguards.

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The Microeconomic Impacts of E-Business on the Economy

Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-611-7.ch002 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 12-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

James E. Prieger ◽

Daniel Heil

Keyword(s):

Economic Benefits ◽

Information And Communications Technology ◽

Economic Welfare ◽

Communications Technology ◽

The World ◽

Processing Information ◽

Business Changes ◽

Definition Of ◽

The Cost ◽

The Way

The use of information and communications technology (ICT) in business—the most expansive definition of e-business—is transforming the world economy. E-business at the microeconomic level of retail, wholesale, and labor market transactions has an enormous impact on the performance of companies and the economic welfare of consumers and workers. The gains in efficiency and economic benefits at the microeconomic level exert influence all the way up to the macroeconomic level of GDP and fiscal and monetary phenomena. However, new policy challenges accompany the rewards from ebusiness in the economy. The economics of e-business are shaped by the way that ICT lowers the cost of transferring, storing, and processing information (Borenstein & Saloner, 2001). When the cost of information falls, there are profound consequences for how firms conduct business with each other, with consumers, and with workers. This article covers both the economic theory that suggests how e-business changes the economy (to understand why e-business has proliferated) and the empirical magnitude of the impacts (to show the economic benefits).

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Matrix for Mapping ICT Roles in Small and Medium Enterprises with TRIZ Inventive Principles Based on Redesign Service Types

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v73.4195 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 73 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nadhmi Gazem ◽

Azizah Abdul Rahman

Keyword(s):

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

High Impact ◽

Information And Communications Technology ◽

Communications Technology ◽

Service Redesign ◽

Way Of Thinking ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

The Way

Information and communications technology (ICT) has a high impact on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) business. It enhances capacity for innovation and adds greater value to services in order to attract more customers and produce greater returns to the company. This paper aims to map the ICT roles for SMEs with the TRIZ 40 inventive principles (IP). The methodology of mapping is based on using Service Redesign Types (SRTs) as bridge to link between the ICT roles and the 40 IP. The results produced a new TRIZ 40 IP matrix with ICT roles that add value to implement the 40 IP to support SRTs. This paper conducted a case study in order to demonstrate the usability of mapping ICT role categories with the 40 IP based on SRTs. The output of this study can enhance the way of thinking of redesigning current services and lead SMEs to consider particular technologies that may improve performing the service.

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